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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
11
A poem extols The Flag and national valor as the foundation of prosperity and democracy. It contrasts patriotic reverence with tyranny and praises workers and industry as the source of progress, citing Ford cars as a humorous river anecdote.
Vignettes depict a marine contractor and a diver who quits after a brief underwater stint. A northern engineer clashes with enslaved laborers learning to move a beam, ending with a muted, uncertain outcome. The piece ponders courage and persistence in tough labor.
The piece recalls Pancho Villa admiring a sewer project as if it were the city’s grand achievement, while missing the actual progress. It critiques political editors who endure changing hands yet keep the publication afloat because someone pays for it.
Advertisement-style piece touts Jad Salts as a cure to flush kidneys. Claims include relief from back pains, dizziness, sour stomach, rheumatic twinges, and night urination while promoting a lemon cad salt formula. Mentions Annee, Nebr land company and financing for homes.
A special examination will be held in Alliance on September 12 and 26 for about two hundred new positions in the War Department for male stenographers and typewriters with salaries from 900 to 1000 dollars annually. Details from F. W. Hicks, local secretary, Alliance post office.
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